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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, June 9, 2015 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Search For Missing River Guide Scaled Back Efforts to find missing river guide M.H., 22, have been scaled back following a six-day search that has turned up no clues as to his whereabouts. M.H. was last seen on Tuesday, June 2nd, at approximately 4 p.m. around near Pumpkin Springs along the Colorado River. The initial park response included searching area where he was last seen by air and an immediate hasty search by rangers. For the past six days park rangers have conducted an extensive search of about 14 miles of the river and four miles along its shores. The search will now be scaled back to a continuous but limited mode in which rangers and pilots will continue to look for clues when in the area. Flyers with M.H.'s picture and description remain posted at various South Rim locations, and all launching river trips will briefed on particulars regarding the search. [Public Affairs Office] Lake Mead NRA Three Pipe Bombs Found In Lake Mohave Three pipe bombs were discovered underwater in Lake Mohave on Monday and were made safe without incident. Around 2 p.m. on Sunday, park dispatch received a call from a visitor who reported seeing two suspicious looking pipes in the water near Turkey Cove south of Katherine Landing on Lake Mohave. The park temporarily closed the area as a precaution. On Monday, park employees, supported by Hoover Dam police, searched the area and found the three devices. Bomb squad technicians from the Kingman Police Department and Arizona Department of Public Safety utilized a disruptor to render the devices safe. The contents of the pipe bombs are still under investigation. The area has reopened. Rangers and Kingman Police Department officers are investigating the incident. The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms has been notified. [Public Affairs Office] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Olympic NP - With the Elwha River restoration fully underway in the Elwha Valley, visitors now have a new site from which to view the restoration process and learn about its history. The overlook also gives people the chance to look down and watch the Elwha's blue-green waters flow through the 200-foot deep Glines Canyon. Lewis and Clark NHT - "Honoring Tribal Legacies," a curriculum that encourages educators to include the stories, perspectives, and expertise of native people when teaching American history, was launched last month in Midwest Region. Office of Communications - Secretary Jewell and Director Jarvis have designated ten local and state trails as national recreation trails, adding more than 150 miles to the National Trails System. Chamizal NM - Jose “Chops” Valdez has been promoted to chief ranger at Chamizal National Memorial. A local resident, he has worked at the park for 15 years. US Park Police - On Friday, May 22nd, Officer Steven Connell of the New York Field Office and his partner ‘Quinten' graduated from a 13-week scent school. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov). --- ### --- |